(Ha'aretz) Amnon Barzilai - The Nautilus, an air-defense system jointly developed by Israel and the U.S., succeeded in destroying an incoming long-range surface-to-surface rocket at the U.S. Army test range in White Sands, N.M., on May 4, Israel's Defense Ministry announced on Friday. This is the first time the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) has intercepted a long-range rocket in tests. An Israeli-made rocket was used as the target for the Nautilus.
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